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Inside the sex lives of Americans

From various surveys and studies, it’s possible to develop a pretty good idea of what most Americans sex lives are like. Note: mature information and images may offend some viewers.

One survey, the National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior, was conducted by researchers from the Center for Sexual Health Promotion at Indiana University.

The NSSHB survey found adult men and women rarely engage in just one act when they have sex.

There is enormous variability in sexual repertoires, with more than 40 combinations of sexual activity described in adults’ most recent sexual event, according to the NSSHB.

The NSSHB found that about 85 percent of men report that their partner had an orgasm in the most recent sexual event.

But 36 percent of women said that they did not have an orgasm in their most recent sexual event.

The survey found about 7 percent of adult women and 8 percent of men identify themselves as gay, lesbian or bisexual.

The number of people who have had same-gender sexual interactions at some point in their lives is higher.

At any given point in time, a majority of American adolescents are not engaged in partnered sexual behavior, according to the NSSHB.

Adults using condoms rated sex as positively as those having sex without one, the NSSHB found.

A study by the Kinsey Institute found that the average male loses his virginity at 16.9 years old, the average female at 17.4 years.

Another survey, the Durex Sexual Wellbeing Global Survey, conducted by British condom manufacturer Durex, found that 60 percent of U.S. men and women didn't use any form of protection against HIV/AIDS or sexually transmitted infections when they lost their virginity, according to the Durex survey.

The Durex survey found that almost 2/3 of people feel they don’t have sex often enough.

U.S. men have an average of 20 different sexual partners in total. U.S. women have had 10 partners on average, the Durex survey found.

An Indiana University study also found that among sexually active adolescents, 80 percent of boys and 69 percent of girls said they used a condom during their last sexual encounter.

That compares to 91 percent of men over 50 who said they did not use a condom when they had sex with a date or casual acquaintance, and 70 percent who said they didn’t even when they had sex with someone they just met.

Women over 50 were generally more careful, but a majority of them also reported having sex without a condom.

According to a National Commission on Aging survey, 61 percent of men over 60 are sexually active, while 37 percent of women over 60 say they are sexually active.

A survey conducted by U.S. condom manufacturer Church & Dwight, with products sold under the Trojan brand, found that men think about sex 15 times a day, versus women, who do four times a day.

The Trojan survey found that a majority of Americans are content with the duration of sex. Only 41 percent of men indicated they wanted sex to last longer, compared to 34 percent of women.

The Trojan survey found that 80 percent of Americans believe sex needs “a little novelty now and then.”

Americans are using technology in their sex lives -- 23 percent have engaged in "sexting," 16 percent have sent sexy photos or videos, and 22 percent have participated in phone sex, according to the Trojan survey.

Married people have more sex than single people, according to studies by The Center for Sexual Health Promotion at Indiana University.

And that's not just true for Americans -- in 2006, British researchers studied the sexual habits of men in 38 countries and found that in every country married men have more sex.

Americans in general are having more sex (151 times a year / 2.9 times a week) compared to 2011 (120 times a year / 2.3 times a week), according to the Trojan survey.

But the survey found sexual satisfaction is on the decline, with 67 percent of Americans claiming to be satisfied with their sex life in 2012, versus 76 percent in 2011.

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